tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post9155051892833459389..comments2023-09-10T22:07:16.734+12:00Comments on IDLE VICE: LinkMrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13864664806865081684noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-80809586067809832922007-07-25T10:15:00.000+12:002007-07-25T10:15:00.000+12:00I had the same recent experience on The Ink, I tho...I had the same recent experience on The Ink, I thought I'd never get off, it aged me significantly. They made me change at newmarket and everything; trip from AUT to Parnell took 55 minutes. 55 precious minutes I will never get back, 10 of 'em were stationary spent watching fugly students at the Uni bus stop. What is that about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-70477972348438717932007-07-20T19:04:00.000+12:002007-07-20T19:04:00.000+12:00yous a joke woman girl, keep printing your sad,yous a joke woman girl, keep printing your sad,peterquixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873112816453062068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-79003177041934015302007-07-20T15:30:00.000+12:002007-07-20T15:30:00.000+12:00When the Link first started, which was a little ov...When the Link first started, which was a little over 10 years ago, it was said that the Link was a good place to pick up. Why, a friend of mine even claims to have had a back-row hand job from that era.<BR/><BR/>But now The Link is realm of tourist and people who don't mind their buses being all grubby and grey on the inside.<BR/><BR/>I'm all for the 274 Mt Eden route. One Sunday morning I went from the Mt Eden shops to the first Auckland Uni stop on Symonds Street in 10 minutes exactly, without stopping once. Never repeated, though.<BR/><BR/>Also, yesterday the bus driver was playing loud, awful R&B on a portable radio stashed beside him, and proceded to drum along with it <I>while he was driving</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-70306671341800348962007-07-20T12:32:00.000+12:002007-07-20T12:32:00.000+12:00I'm sad to say that I catch a bus every day for wo...I'm sad to say that I catch a bus every day for work. It's much easier than putting up with the traffic, and I get to sleep for 45 minutes- but whenever it rains I drive and put up with it.<BR/><BR/>The upside to taking the bus is that during after work drinks I can actually drink, as long as I don't drink myself into a stupor. I don't imagine it's very safe to be a drunk woman traveling alone by bus...miss_sephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163078369083935668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-55377716822351935942007-07-20T07:06:00.000+12:002007-07-20T07:06:00.000+12:00By the way, I think Mrs S challenged me to get a b...By the way, I think Mrs S challenged me to get a bus as a joke. She never thought I'd actually do it, but given the gross inconvenience caused, I doubt I'd try it again. I still can't believe the first driver went straight past me, then wouldn't let me on. How rude.Mrs Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864664806865081684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-2163463419501182702007-07-20T07:03:00.000+12:002007-07-20T07:03:00.000+12:00Yes, Peter, I am one for real wopman. Now go pimp ...Yes, Peter, I am one for real wopman. Now go pimp your horrid blog elsewhere. I have standards to maintain.Mrs Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864664806865081684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-71912162853547071272007-07-19T17:18:00.000+12:002007-07-19T17:18:00.000+12:00With them girl things and all what yous people dud...With them girl things and all what yous people dude, check this out<BR/>jeex wopman yous for real,check this out<BR/><BR/>http://peterquixote.blogspot.com/peterquixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873112816453062068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-75463000455440528932007-07-19T13:18:00.000+12:002007-07-19T13:18:00.000+12:00I hear your pain. It was January or February - whe...I hear your pain. It was January or February - when that obnoxiously giant floating gin palace was in town. My brother-in-law came up with the genius idea that we(his wife, their two small children and myself) should catch the bus to go and have a look at it because a)it would be cool for the kids to look at it, b)we would never get a park if we took a car and c)their two small children had never caught a bus before. I did hear the toll of warning bells but I ignored them and went along armed with good faith in the Auckland Regional Transport Authority. Silly silly me. The estimated two hour round trip dragged into FIVE hours. There is nothing more frustrating than watching that irritating digital display smugly counting down...'the next bus will be along in nine minutes.....seven minutes....four minutes...two minutes....recaculating.....oops sorry we fucked up....seventeen minutes....'And over and over it went. Lets just say the small people were remarkably better behaved than the adults.NEVER AGAIN.<BR/>In hindsight I suspect we were just pawns in my brother-in-law's plan -it just was a guaranteed way to keep the women out of the house for as long as possible. I bet he's still chuckling at how gullibly stupid we were.laughykatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14384594781439897282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-24019793173115589312007-07-18T21:42:00.000+12:002007-07-18T21:42:00.000+12:00SHE TOOK HER CAR??!I hope you punished her severel...SHE TOOK HER CAR??!<BR/><BR/>I hope you punished her severely.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015797292828295587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-89902322958818042212007-07-18T09:25:00.000+12:002007-07-18T09:25:00.000+12:00I quite regularly take a bus to go out on a night ...I quite regularly take a bus to go out on a night out, and btw the hours of 9pm and 10.30pm on a Friday and Saturday evening there are a suprising number of buses running in this city. I tried to take a bus to go out one Saturday evening in Auck and found that at 7.30pm one had to wait over 40 minutes btw buses, and that was from a very central location. Bah humbug to the Auckland buses.<BR/><BR/>We still have the overhead wire thingies to run our buses, which is really convenient as it's a good clue to which way the bus is going.unPC lesbianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965837109136213527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-76707249799214828702007-07-17T20:18:00.000+12:002007-07-17T20:18:00.000+12:00Public Transport.Just think about what may have sa...Public Transport.<BR/><BR/>Just think about what may have sat on your seat previously...Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-56331626339320088902007-07-17T14:54:00.000+12:002007-07-17T14:54:00.000+12:00The last time I caught an Auckland bus (West to Ci...The last time I caught an Auckland bus (West to City Center) it was the middle of summer, unbearably hot, and the lurching bus took literally forever. I was quite irritated by this as I got carsick for the first time in years and had to spend a good ten minutes after stumbling off the bus sitting on pavement trying not to throw up. BAD, BAD, BAD.<BR/><BR/>The buses here are much better. Though I'm still smiting the bus driver who packed a tanty when I made him break a $20.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273850891020360077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-67326869006711590252007-07-17T14:44:00.000+12:002007-07-17T14:44:00.000+12:00"I was at the fucking bus-stop," Is that consider ..."I was at the fucking bus-stop," <BR/><BR/>Is that consider proper etiquette when dealing with the Cro-magnons who drive buses?<BR/><BR/>:o)><BR/><BR/>I <I>work</I> for a living and I wouldn't be caught dead on a bus...Deadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449318388713585299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37107280.post-32039971910969450782007-07-17T11:13:00.000+12:002007-07-17T11:13:00.000+12:00I did the bus thing recently too. The ride from th...I did the bus thing recently too. The ride from the suburbs to Skycity was quick and easy. Getting home turned out to be an absolute nightmare which took an hour longer than the mornings journey as every single school child got the bus to stop at every single stop. <BR/><BR/>By the time I got home there was an increase in global temperatures purely and simply from the steam coming from my ears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com